Quotes about Caution

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom Votes: 6

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity. Votes: 5

Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are afraid of the noise and strife caused by the applications of the truth, heaven save the land! Its funeral bell has already rung. Votes: 5

The scars of others should teach us caution. Votes: 4

Distrust and caution are the parents of security. Votes: 4

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. Votes: 4

Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. Votes: 4

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. Votes: 4

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Votes: 4

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Votes: 4

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. Votes: 4

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. Votes: 4

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. Votes: 3

Action makes more fortune than caution. Votes: 3

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Votes: 3

Caution is the lower story of prudence. Votes: 3

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. Votes: 3

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto. Votes: 3

Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often. Votes: 3

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses Votes: 3

I also love a film by Ang Lee - "Lust, Caution." Votes: 3

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take. Votes: 3

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils. Votes: 3

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution. Votes: 3

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother. Votes: 3

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. Votes: 3

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. Votes: 3

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision. Votes: 3

From Bard, to Bard, the frigid Caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd, while Passion slept. Votes: 3

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Votes: 3

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. Votes: 3

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Votes: 3

Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream. Votes: 3

Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one. Votes: 3

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve. Votes: 3

You have no idea how crazy I am, I should be wearing yellow Caution tape, I'm that bonkers. Votes: 3

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice! Votes: 3

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed. Votes: 3

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution. Votes: 3

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. Votes: 3

Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness. Votes: 3

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush. Votes: 3

You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game. Votes: 3

Caution is the key to safe cycling. I'm aware that cars are bigger than me, but I feel quite safe. I'm in control, liberated and free, when I'm on my bike. Votes: 3

O, Life! how pleasant is thy morning, Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning! Cold pausing Caution's lesson scorning, We frisk away, Like schoolboys, at the expected warning, To joy and play. Votes: 3

If I had learned anything in my life about love, it was that they were tenous things that could end at any moment. Caution was essential-but not at the cost of risking your life Votes: 3

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. Votes: 3

Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds. Votes: 3

But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Votes: 3

Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentlest gales; But swell'd into a gust--who then, alas! With all his canvas set, and inexpert, And therefore, heedless, can withstand thy power? Votes: 3

Action makes more fortune than caution Votes: 1

Throw caution to the wind and just do it. Votes: 1

Every step of life shows much caution is required. Votes: 1

Remember my strong advice, just remember to always think twice Votes: 1

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. Votes: 1

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. Votes: 1

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness Votes: 1

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 1

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels. Votes: 1

Take heed never take advantage of the things you need never let yourself be overcome by greed walk the straight and narrow and you shall succeed Votes: 1

When I tell my colleagues that I remember 1969, 1974 and 1987, their eyes glaze over, but I'm afraid I do remember them, and I therefore err on the side of caution. Votes: 1

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union. Votes: 1

I love to clean my ears. I've heard that you're not supposed to do it every day, but I throw caution to the wind for some quality time with a strong Q-Tip. Votes: 1

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 1

Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance. Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed. Votes: 1

A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical faculties to all that is happening around you, that would caution silence in the face of injustice lest you jeopardise your chances of promotion and self-advancement. Votes: 1

A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded. Votes: 1

It's like, the more you commit, the happier the animators are; if you're at all iffy and concerned, then it doesn't free them up to do as much fun stuff, so you have to just go for it and, again, trust the people around you and not be seemingly guarded and numb. Throw caution to the wind a bit. Votes: 1

It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now. Votes: 1

Courage is caution overcome. Votes: 0

Confident because of our caution Votes: 0

Haste makes work which caution prevents. Votes: 0

Call it not paranoia, but caution. Votes: 0

We must substitute courage for caution. Votes: 0

Action makes more fortune than caution. Votes: 0

We must substitute courage for caution. Votes: 0

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. Votes: 0

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry. Votes: 0

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom. Votes: 0

Redd shed caution like an outgrown skin. Votes: 0

What thou seest, speak of with caution. Votes: 0

United will break caution to the wind Votes: 0

Curiosity is the other side of caution. Votes: 0

I do not threaten, I merely advise caution. Votes: 0

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people. Votes: 0

Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand? Votes: 0

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses. Votes: 0

The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution. Votes: 0

It is fit that justice should be administered with great caution. Votes: 0

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution. Votes: 0

Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater. Votes: 0

One of the rules of caution is not to be too cautious. Votes: 0

You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution Votes: 0

Excessive caution can sometimes lead one as far astray as rash enthusiasm. Votes: 0

Facts are important to me, not emotions. I would caution against speculation. Votes: 0

It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it. Votes: 0

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution. Votes: 0

Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking. Votes: 0

There is nothing particularly scientific about excessive caution. Science thrives on daring generalizations. Votes: 0

...a carefree letting go of oneself, not a caution, but a wise blindness. Votes: 0

Ideas, and even the detection of errors, require more than care and caution. Votes: 0

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. Votes: 0

While knowledge is powerful it should be approached with the utmost respect and caution. Votes: 0

All the 'too close to call' announcements are not due to incompetence ... It's caution. Votes: 0

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed. Votes: 0

These are the effects of doting age,--vain doubts and idle cares and over caution. Votes: 0

I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution. Votes: 0

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. Votes: 0

An intelligent lady, a little too mature for recklessness, a little too young for caution. Votes: 0

I want to caution that we must not confuse patriotism with blind endorsement of bad policies. Votes: 0

More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it. Votes: 0

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. Votes: 0

You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out. Votes: 0

Never throw caution to the wind. It could whip back into your eyes and blind you. Votes: 0

A complete lack of caution is perhaps one of the true signs of a real gourmet ... Votes: 0

Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution. Votes: 0

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. Votes: 0

I tuck caution into my pocket and hope I can reach for it if I need to. Votes: 0

A man coined to superlative must expect that his every statement will be taken with some caution Votes: 0

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. Votes: 0

With caution judge of probability. Things deemed unlikely, e'en impossible, experience oft hath proved to be true. Votes: 0

If a thought or an action does not feel right, it is a caution flag from the soul. Votes: 0

Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution. Votes: 0

With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. Votes: 0

Every religion is good—every religion is true to him who in his good caution and conscience believes it. Votes: 0

The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution. Votes: 0

Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy. Votes: 0

We've found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we're going to err on the side of caution. Votes: 0

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. Votes: 0

Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs. Votes: 0

The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement. Votes: 0

Goodness is sparked by a caution for the sake of what is good, not a fear of what is bad. Votes: 0

There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear. Votes: 0

Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have. Votes: 0

There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for. Votes: 0

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift. Votes: 0

Peace needs and takes time, it needs and takes caution, it needs and takes patience after 30 years of terrorism and violence. Votes: 0

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution. Votes: 0

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom. Votes: 0

It is impossible to carry the American people along with you on a program of caution to forestall a threatening position. Votes: 0

What you take to be hyprocrisy is sometimes a certain caution, sometimes genuine, though ponderous, childish, sometimes a mixture of both. Votes: 0

When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets. Votes: 0

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 0

When depression economics prevails, the usual rules of economic policy no longer apply: virtue becomes vice, caution is risky and prudence is folly. Votes: 0

Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics. Votes: 0

In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive qualities. Votes: 0

If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution. Votes: 0

A life of unremitting caution, without the carefree - or even, occasionally, the careless - may turn out to be half a life. Votes: 0

Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us. Votes: 0

Habitual caution ties and binds us; it is as if we were dressed always in clothes and shoes that were several sizes too small. Votes: 0

Tomorrow, the market will probably continue upward driven by the dollar, but it won't go up much because of caution before the employment figures. Votes: 0

There are 5,000 great people for every jerk on Usenet. But that still is a lot of jerks. Proceed with caution and eyes wide open. Votes: 0

I want to caution you against the idea that balance has to be a routine that looks the same week in and week out. Votes: 0

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve. Votes: 0

If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Votes: 0

I do think Russian foreign policy is very savvy. There's a need for great caution because the Russians are able to discreetly blackmail countries. Votes: 0

The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy. Votes: 0

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed. Votes: 0

I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security. Votes: 0

Make all approaches to the stream with care and caution. Remember that once you are seen you are a great disadvantage if not completely defeated Votes: 0

Shifts within friendships happen in imperceptible increments. There is distance, then assurance. Misconjecture, caution, gradual convergence. So much depends on the respect accorded to vulnerability. Votes: 0

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right. Votes: 0

Referendums are a democratic instrument, but so are decisions reached in a parliamentary democracy. I advise extreme caution when it comes to referendums. In Germany too. Votes: 0

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. Votes: 0

One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution. Votes: 0

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.] Votes: 0

The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility. Votes: 0

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love. Votes: 0

And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife. Votes: 0

Something wild can happen to anybody and I caution anybody that walks out on the street, just settle your accounts before you leave the house every day. Votes: 0

There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram. Votes: 0

Whenever I throw caution to the wind I make sure I'm facing the right way so that it doesn't blow back and hit me in my face. Votes: 0

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing. Votes: 0

I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive. Votes: 0

To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject. Votes: 0

When it comes to deciding to use the Bomb, a personality that is calm, clear and measured would seem to inspire more confidence that caution would be employed. Votes: 0

She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love. Votes: 0

Fear and caution are two different things. Be cautious - be conscious - but do not be fearful. Fear only paralyzes, while consciousness mobilizes. Be mobilized, not paralyzed. Votes: 0

Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway. Votes: 0

The Brit abroad is always the voice of caution. Persons of other cultures are known to be undisciplined, prone to leaning out of car windows and cooking with garlic. Votes: 0

Poetry and painting are done in the same way you make love; it's an exchange of blood, a total embrace - without caution, without any thought of protecting yourself. Votes: 0

Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution. Votes: 0

Love seems to be something to approach with caution, as if you'd come across a wrapped box in the middle of the street and have no idea what it contains. Votes: 0

Comrade Stalin, having become Secretary-General, has unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution. Votes: 0

You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring. Votes: 0

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and soon brings its own punishment. Votes: 0

When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice. Votes: 0

Although you should respect venomous snakes and approach them with caution, most snakes you encounter in an urban environment are harmless and beneficial because they eat insects, mice and other rodents. Votes: 0

A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which is on its guard, and strikes with caution and safety. Votes: 0

We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party. Votes: 0

We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party. Votes: 0

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time. Votes: 0

I used to have an obsession with building businesses and forgot about building health. I was focused on the destination instead of the journey. I caution you to not do the same. Votes: 0

Throw all caution to the wind, today, on your 40th No need to have wisdom and sage But tomorrow, as you start your 5th decade Do try to act more your age Votes: 0

The mood in the market is one of a high level of caution. When you get some selling coming in, it's almost like a chain reaction - - it builds on itself. Votes: 0

Tell a man something is bad, and he's not at all sure he wants to give it up. Describe it as stupid, and he knows it's the better part of caution to listen. Votes: 0

A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview, and his caution on a second; but I should suspect his emptiness, if he carried on his reserve to a third. Votes: 0

Being different is ... interesting; there's nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away. Votes: 0

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation. Votes: 0

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it. Votes: 0

You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less. Votes: 0

No one demands more caution than a spy, and when someone has the skeleton key to minds, counter him by leaving the key of caution inside, on the other side of the keyhole. Votes: 0

Once when I went over my work with my Washington University professor, the late great Stanley Elkin, he pointed to a passage of mine and said: Stop vamping. It has remained a caution. Votes: 0

Who wants to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long one sustained by fear, caution, and perpetual medical surveillance. Votes: 0

Let me close with a word of caution: when you're on the turnpikes and freeways of America, watch out for those Winnebagos and Bounders. You never know who might be inside. Or what." Votes: 0

To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted. Votes: 0

Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took. Votes: 0

I uprooted my life from Australia and came over to America with the idea of pursuing my acting career. I wasn't really sure where I would end up. I threw caution to the wind. Votes: 0

Once when I went over my work with my Washington University professor, the late great Stanley Elkin, he pointed to a passage of mine and said: 'Stop vamping.' It has remained a caution. Votes: 0

I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it. Votes: 0

Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarilty with a position, distractions, feelings of intimidation, nervous tension, overambition, excessive caution, and dozens of other psychological factors. Votes: 0

How do you caution a fawn about a cigarette a motorist has just flipped from his car window into a patch of yellow grass, or tell a sparrow that winged creatures eventually plummet to earth? Votes: 0

I think the future of journalism is going to be a battle between caution and recklessness. And I think a little bit of recklessness is a good thing, as some of the WikiLeaks cables proved. Votes: 0

Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare. Votes: 0

Overachievement is aimed at people who want to maximize their potential. And to do that, I insist you throw caution to the wind, ignore the pleas of parents, coaches, spouses, and bosses to be "realistic." Votes: 0

There's a lot of things to learn, starting with you'd better caution people just as the State Department cautioned people, especially those of Chinese descent, before they decide to engage in academic research in China. Votes: 0